diff --git a/ggml.c b/ggml.c
index 79f26ff2d..128c41447 100644
--- a/ggml.c
+++ b/ggml.c
@@ -5878,24 +5878,18 @@ struct ggml_tensor * ggml_view_1d(
 
     struct ggml_tensor * result = ggml_new_tensor_impl(ctx, a->type, 1, &ne0, (char *) a->data + offset);
 
+    ggml_scratch_save(ctx);
+
+    struct ggml_tensor * offs = ggml_new_tensor_1d(ctx, GGML_TYPE_I32, 2);
+    memcpy(offs->data, &offset, 2*sizeof(int32_t));
+
+    ggml_scratch_load(ctx);
+
     result->op   = GGML_OP_VIEW;
     result->grad = is_node ? ggml_dup_tensor(ctx, result) : NULL;
     result->src0 = a;
     result->src1 = NULL;
-
-    if (is_node) {
-        ggml_scratch_save(ctx);
-
-        struct ggml_tensor * b = ggml_new_tensor_1d(ctx, GGML_TYPE_I32, 2);
-
-        GGML_ASSERT(sizeof(offset) <= ggml_nbytes(b));
-
-        memcpy(b->data, &offset, sizeof(offset));
-
-        ggml_scratch_load(ctx);
-
-        result->opt[0] = b;
-    }
+    result->opt[0] = offs;
 
     return result;
 }
@@ -5920,6 +5914,13 @@ struct ggml_tensor * ggml_view_2d(
 
     struct ggml_tensor * result = ggml_new_tensor_impl(ctx, a->type, 2, ne, (char *) a->data + offset);
 
+    ggml_scratch_save(ctx);
+
+    struct ggml_tensor * offs = ggml_new_tensor_1d(ctx, GGML_TYPE_I32, 2);
+    memcpy(offs->data, &offset, 2*sizeof(int32_t));
+
+    ggml_scratch_load(ctx);
+
     result->nb[1] = nb1;
     result->nb[2] = result->nb[1]*ne1;
     result->nb[3] = result->nb[2];
@@ -5928,20 +5929,7 @@ struct ggml_tensor * ggml_view_2d(
     result->grad = is_node ? ggml_dup_tensor(ctx, result) : NULL;
     result->src0 = a;
     result->src1 = NULL;
-
-    if (is_node) {
-        ggml_scratch_save(ctx);
-
-        struct ggml_tensor * b = ggml_new_tensor_1d(ctx, GGML_TYPE_I32, 2);
-
-        GGML_ASSERT(sizeof(offset) <= ggml_nbytes(b));
-
-        memcpy(b->data, &offset, sizeof(offset));
-
-        ggml_scratch_load(ctx);
-
-        result->opt[0] = b;
-    }
+    result->opt[0] = offs;
 
     return result;
 }
@@ -5968,6 +5956,13 @@ struct ggml_tensor * ggml_view_3d(
 
     struct ggml_tensor * result = ggml_new_tensor_impl(ctx, a->type, 3, ne, (char *) a->data + offset);
 
+    ggml_scratch_save(ctx);
+
+    struct ggml_tensor * offs = ggml_new_tensor_1d(ctx, GGML_TYPE_I32, 2);
+    memcpy(offs->data, &offset, 2*sizeof(int32_t));
+
+    ggml_scratch_load(ctx);
+
     result->nb[1] = nb1;
     result->nb[2] = nb2;
     result->nb[3] = result->nb[2]*ne2;
@@ -5976,20 +5971,7 @@ struct ggml_tensor * ggml_view_3d(
     result->grad = is_node ? ggml_dup_tensor(ctx, result) : NULL;
     result->src0 = a;
     result->src1 = NULL;
-
-    if (is_node) {
-        ggml_scratch_save(ctx);
-
-        struct ggml_tensor * b = ggml_new_tensor_1d(ctx, GGML_TYPE_I32, 2);
-
-        GGML_ASSERT(sizeof(offset) <= ggml_nbytes(b));
-
-        memcpy(b->data, &offset, sizeof(offset));
-
-        ggml_scratch_load(ctx);
-
-        result->opt[0] = b;
-    }
+    result->opt[0] = offs;
 
     return result;
 }
@@ -6018,6 +6000,13 @@ struct ggml_tensor * ggml_view_4d(
 
     struct ggml_tensor * result = ggml_new_tensor_impl(ctx, a->type, 4, ne, (char *) a->data + offset);
 
+    ggml_scratch_save(ctx);
+
+    struct ggml_tensor * offs = ggml_new_tensor_1d(ctx, GGML_TYPE_I32, 2);
+    memcpy(offs->data, &offset, 2*sizeof(int32_t));
+
+    ggml_scratch_load(ctx);
+
     result->nb[1] = nb1;
     result->nb[2] = nb2;
     result->nb[3] = nb3;
@@ -6026,20 +6015,7 @@ struct ggml_tensor * ggml_view_4d(
     result->grad = is_node ? ggml_dup_tensor(ctx, result) : NULL;
     result->src0 = a;
     result->src1 = NULL;
-
-    if (is_node) {
-        ggml_scratch_save(ctx);
-
-        struct ggml_tensor * b = ggml_new_tensor_1d(ctx, GGML_TYPE_I32, 2);
-
-        GGML_ASSERT(sizeof(offset) <= ggml_nbytes(b));
-
-        memcpy(b->data, &offset, sizeof(offset));
-
-        ggml_scratch_load(ctx);
-
-        result->opt[0] = b;
-    }
+    result->opt[0] = offs;
 
     return result;
 }